US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Sept. 8 for "Sheet separating apparatus and sheet manufacturing apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,484, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sheet separating apparatus and sheet manufacturing apparatus" was invented by Yoshikazu Nagai (Matsumoto, Japan), Tetsuya Tamura (Matsumoto, Japan) and Akira Hashimoto (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rollers that transport a sheet while heating the sheet, and a separating unit that includes a separating plate and a supporting portion are included. The separating plate has a leading end portion that comes into contact with a second roller of the rollers. The supporting portion supports the separating plate. The separating plate is provided with a slit ...